Environment

“We hope we will be the last generation of waste pickers to face these difficulties”

Government releases guidelines for municipalities to integrate Informal waste pickers into the economy

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Brief | 15 April 2019

Disease haunts Mpumalanga coal town

“The blasting happens every day and you can feel the houses shaking”

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Feature | 11 April 2019

Feathers fly over Watson wind farm plan

Watsons planned to shoot Black Eagles, says Bosasa employee

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Feature | 10 April 2019

Swimmers promote alternatives to mining the Wild Coast

Over five days, eight people will swim 22 km along the Pondoland Marine Protected Area

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News | 31 March 2019

South African youths march for action against climate change

#ClimateStrike protests held across the world

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News | 15 March 2019

The minister, the gifts, the Watsons and the wind farm

Mokonyane to rule on controversial Eastern Cape project

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Feature | 13 March 2019

Union threatens to shut down KZN wildlife offices

Workers say Ezemvelo Wildlife is poorly managed and they accuse management of nepotism

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News | 11 March 2019

Damning report on Eskom air pollution

Coal-fired plants breached legal emission levels 3,200 times in 21 months

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News | 26 February 2019

Wastewater audit missing as countrywide water shortage looms

After reports were sent to cabinet, water test results have not been released for five years

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Feature | 25 February 2019

Nasty chemicals are accumulating on Cape Town’s coasts

Drugs, flushed through the sewage system, are ending up in sea-life.

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News | 12 February 2019

City fails to publish water quality tests for two years

Public cannot assess effects of sewage disposal in sea

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News | 11 February 2019

West Coast mining company fined a “pittance”

Mineral Sands Resources fined R1.25 million for unlawful activities in Lutzville

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News | 6 February 2019

New blow for would-be Mpumalanga coal miner

Surprise move by MEC for Environmental Affairs Vusi Shongwe

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News | 29 January 2019

Court refuses appeal on Mpumalanga coal mine

Company’s bid for permission to mine in protected area blocked

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News | 23 January 2019

Court hears objections to new N2 highway

New Wild Coast route shortens road by 75km but passes through ancestral land

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News | 4 December 2018

Activists lose bid to stop coal mine

Interdict application to halt operations at the Somkhele coal mine thrown out with costs

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Law | 21 November 2018